Manchester City-Wolverhampton is a match valid for the twenty-first day of the Premier League and is played on Sunday at 15:00: TV, formations, predictions.
In the midweek tie with Tottenham for Pep Guardiola and his Manchester City it was looking very bad. The first half of the match at the Etihad Stadium had ended in a shocking 0-2 scoreline for Spurs, who scored first through Kulusevski and then Emerson Royal. To be left -8 behind Arsenal, with a game still to play, would have been far too heavy.
But at the very moment of maximum difficulty the champions came out: Alvarez, Haaland and double Mahrez in the space of twelve minutes overturned Antonio Conte’s team (4-2), giving the Catalan coach three platinum points. So the Citizens are still not fully convincing, yet they remain there, waiting for a possible false step by the Gunners, who will be engaged at the Emirates Stadium after a few hours against the highly-launched Manchester United. The Red Devils indirectly can do their cousins – whom they beat a week ago in the derby – a favour, but only up to a point, because United are now only -3 from their bitter rivals. Guardiola will convince his men not to think about other results but to focus exclusively on the match with Wolverhampton. The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich coach was not so tender with the team at the end of the match against Tottenham, despite the comeback.
The Wolves with the least prolific attack
City’s best home performance so far is in front of their home crowd with 25 points from 42.
Diego Costa
But there have been more than a few slip-ups in the last period and that is why Haaland and his teammates should not take the risk of underestimating Wolves. Not least because with Julen Lopetegui on the bench the music has changed. The Black and Gold, thanks to four points between Aston Villa (1-1) and West Ham (1-0), have moved away from the relegation zone. And in the FA Cup they held their own against Liverpool, forced into the replay – in the week it ended 0-1 for the Reds, who advanced to the next round – confirming the exponential growth under the new guidance of the Spanish ex-Sevilla coach. To further reinforce the forward department, the least prolific in the Premier League with only 12 goals to their credit, meanwhile, striker Sarabia has arrived from Psg.
The Prediction
Manchester City’s victory, which has the chance to momentarily move to -2 from Arsenal, should not be in question, although Wolverhampton are growing and could create some problems. We imagine a match in which the goals will be at least three in total, a constant in the matches played at the Etihad Stadium.
The Manchester City-Wolverhampton line-up probables
- MANCHESTER CITY (4-3-3): Ederson; Walker, Stones, Ruben Dias, Aké; De Bruyne, Rodri, Bernardo Silva; Mahrez, Haaland, Alvarez.
- WOLVERHAMPTON (4-3-3): José Sa; Semedo, Collins, Kilman, Bueno; Lemina, Ruben Neves, Nunes; Hwang, Cunha, Podence.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 3-1
